Mexico : Technology, Wages and Employment, Volume 1. Main Document
The report examines two components of new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms. First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances, and performance adopt such technology. To measure performance, productivity wages, and net empl...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1695615/mexico-technology-wages-employment-vol-1-2-main-document http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15432 |
| Summary: | The report examines two components of
new technology adoption by Mexican manufacturing firms.
First, it questions which firms, under what circumstances,
and performance adopt such technology. To measure
performance, productivity wages, and net employment of a
firm were used, leading to further questions on whether
technological change helps workers - of a certain skill
level - disproportionately. Second, it argues that adoption
of new technologies happens under the right circumstances,
and further reviews which are the firms, and circumstances
surrounding the choice of technology. The analysis is based
on data from the National Survey of Employment, Wages,
Technology and Training (ENESTYC), and the National
Industrial Survey (EIA) for 1992, 1995, and 1999. Results
largely suggest that performance (including statistics, and
measures on job creation, and/or job dislocation), is
superior with technology adoption, though it does not imply
performance increases in all firms. Rather, the effects of
technology vary depending on location, and size of
enterprise. Nonetheless, investments in human capital -
training in conjunction with technology adoption - increases
productivity benefits. In addition, the likelihood for new
technologies, also varies markedly by time period, and, the
complexity of the technology correlates both with the size,
and skill levels of a firm's work force. Policy
recommendations include widespread technology know-how,
facilitating inter-firm linkages, supported by both
government financing to encourage a competitive business
environment, and by a continued increase in research and
development funding, public as well as private funding. |
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